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IMZ ACADEMIES 2023

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IMZ ACADEMY WORKSHOP “LIVE MULTI-CAMERA DIRECTING IN CLASSICAL MUSIC”

26-28 April 2022 Gothenburg, Sweden hosted by Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

HOST

Peter Maniura, IMZ Academy Director, Freelance Director + Digital Strategist (UK)

EXPERTS

Krišs Russman, Director + Filmmaker Måns Pär Fogelberg, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Yvonne Craven, Script Supervisor/Tutor Film + Television training A master class series for professionals in audiovisual music + dance production, IMZ Academiesprovidehighlypracticalworkshops and interactive seminars. Featuring renowned experts, they facilitate knowledge transfer and establish sustainable, interdisciplinary networks for participants + institutions around the globe.

Covering topics like performance capture, streaming solutions or 360° filming, as well as audience development and marketing strategies for the performing arts in the digital age, they’re held in small groups of up to 30 to ensure that every attendee is fully involved. Practical application and workshop sessions are an important element, allowing participants to tackle concrete challenges and encouraging cross-sectoral exchange. While an IMZ Academy is an interactive workshop usually taking place over two days, an IMZ Academy Session is a shorter training unit held alongside another institution or event in order to foster synergy + connection.

IMZ ACADEMY WORKSHOP IN GOTHENBURG

Another resounding success, this year’s IMZ Academy Workshop on live multi-camera directing in classical music was hosted by the GSO Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, granting attendees a chance to gather practical, hands-on experience while working with renowned artists!

Preparations began with much anticipation on 5 April, with 16 participants from institutions like BBC Philharmonic, Lumikinos Pro-

IMZ ACADEMY SESSIONS + ROUNDTABLE

duction and the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague joining an initial online tutorial led by award-winning director Peter Maniura. The full-day seminar covered the basics of concert coverage via multiple camera setups with lectures by Maniura and fellow director Krišs Russman, followed by an outline on the role of script supervisor by Yvonne Craven and a brief introduction of the GSO by producer Måns Pär Fogelberg.

But grasping the theory was only the beginning: A few weeks later, participants got to apply themselves on site in Gothenburg, Sweden, further honing their skills over three days by shooting their own concert fi lm featuring the host orchestra alongside world-famous soprano (and EBU-IMZ Outstanding Achievement Award-winner) Barbara Hannigan and acclaimed violinist and conductor John Storgårds.

IMZ ACADEMY X FEDORA NEXT STAGE

Ever eager to foster innovation within the cultural fi eld, our fruitful cooperation with the FEDORA platform continued on 28 June, when we teamed up along with Opera Europa for a joint online course which explored the pitfalls and best practices of delivering cultural content online.

Moderated by IMZ Academy Director Peter Maniura and attended by numerous representatives from renowned opera houses, the course delved into the lessons learned from institutions and individuals with practical experience in commissioning and delivering digital projects, reviewing benchmarks and helping participants draw their own conclusions on how to enter the next stage of digitalization. As always, there was ample time for networking and connecting with fellow attendees.

IMZ ACADEMY SESSION AT KARAJAN MUSIC TECH

Held as part of the IMZ Member Karajan Music Tech’s Conference “NFTs, Web3, DAOs,” this IMZ Academy session refl ected on current practices and standards and put those into comparison with a promising proposition made by the ISCC Foundation. Titled “Digital Content Management In A Decentralised + Democratised Online World,” it looked at how blockchain technology and web 3.0 can empower users, while also looking at the emerging challenges of identifying and protecting digital assets.

Hosted by IMZ Secretary General Katharina Jeschke and Frank Schulleri of Content.Agent, prominent experts explored current standards and practices before contrasting them with a proposition by the ISCC (International Standard Content Code). We thank Karajan Music Tech and all the experts who attended for a highly productive discussion!

IMZ ROUND TABLES

Held after our regular R&D Research Academies, this members-only format explores current topics highly relevant to our industry, with a panel of experts fi rst weighing in on an issue before opening the conversation to all participants. This year, we tackled “The New Power of Music Labels” on 21 April, followed by a lively discussion on balancing growth and fi nancial concerns in “Money Makes the World Go Round?” on 5 October. All IMZ Members are encouraged to participate and share their experiences with the network, facilitating exchange and keeping everyone up to date on the state of the art – be sure to join next time!

IMZ ACADEMY X FEDORA NEXT STAGE “OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IN CREATIVE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION”

28 June 2022 online

HOST

Peter Maniura, IMZ Academy Director, Freelance Director + Digital Strategist (UK)

EXPERTS

James Bingham, Irish National Opera (IE) André Bücker, State Theatre of Augsburg (DE) Hannah Conway, Sound Voice (UK) Eva Essvik, Gothenburg Opera House (SE) Miranda Harmer, Student Network at AEC Tina Lorenz, State Theatre of Augsburg (DE)

IMZ ACADEMY SESSION AT KARAJAN MUSIC TECH

8 April 2022 Karajan Music Tech Conference, online www.karajanmusictech.com

EXPERTS

Raphael Eckhart, EuroArts Music International (DE) Katharina Jeschke, IMZ + Content.Agent (AT) Titusz Pan, ISCC Foundation, Craft AG (NL/DE) Sebastian Posth, Posth Werk, ISCC Foundation (NL) Frank Schulleri, Content.Agent (AT) Daniel Simon, CTO digital images GmbH (DE)

PITCHING + EXPERT SESSIONS

SELECTION OF EXPERTS AT AVANT PREMIÈRE

14-17 February 2022, online www.avant-premiere.net

Marc Allenby, Trafalgar Releasing (UK) Emma Cahusac, BBC Music (UK) Grainne Clark, ECA (UK) Emmanuel Cocq, European Commission Katrin Mathe-Cotillon, Kinepolis Cinema Group (BE) Edilia Gänz, FEDORA (FR) Silvana Grujic, RTS (CH) John Kieser, IDAGIO (DE) Laetitia Huberti, RTBF (BE) Marc Kirschner, Marquee.TV (FR) Fiona Morris, The Space (UK) Stephan Königfeld, Channel Factory(DE) Esther Lehoczky, ARTE France (FR) Veronika Liebl, Ars Electronica (AT) Isabelle Pasquesoone, QWEST TV (FR) Dieter Schneider, ZDF/ARTE (DE) Peter Schöber, ORF III (AT) Olga Sismanidi, EACEA (BE)

EXPERTS AT DANCESCREEN

22-26 June 2022 Amsterdam, the Netherlands www.dancescreen.net

Agnė Biliunaite, LRT (LTU) Martine Dekker, Cinedans (NL) Arild Erikstad, IMZ President, NRK (NO) Sarah Fortescue, The Space CIC (UK) Michael Freundt, Dachverband Tanz (DE) Andreas Hannes, Cinedans (NL) Marley Hansen, NOWNESS (UK) Reiner Moritz, Poorhouse International (UK) Henk van der Meulen, Royal Conversatoire of The Hague (NL) As part of our mission to nurture our sector and provide new business opportunities to our members and the performing arts as a whole, the IMZ regularly holds pitching sessions. Featuring expert juries drawn from major industry players, they allow fi lmmakers to present before an audience of their peers and receive immediate feedback.

In addition, our One-On-One Expert Sessions are held in a fast-paced, speed dating format, pairing presenters with buyers, broadcasting executives and producers in order to promote new projects, enable new ventures and foster emerging + established talent.

SUNNY SIDE OF THE DOC/PIXII FESTIVAL + IMZ PITCHING SESSIONS

The IMZ joined forces for the third time with Sunny Side of the Doc / PiXii Festival, the market place for documentary + narrative experiences, hosting sessions for both “Performing Arts Documentary” and “Digital Creation.” With the chance to take your project to Sunny Side of the Doc in June, the 8 pre-selected 15-minute pitches met with unbridled enthusiasm, and were eventually narrowed down to 2 winners: “This Is Not A Kanga” by Wonder Maria in the former category and “Alternates (Bergantian)” by CinemaLeap Inc. in the latter.

PITCHING SESSION IMZ X CINEDANS X NOWNESS

This year, Cinedans teamed up with arts + culture channel NOWNESS and the IMZ to off er creators a forum to submit new dance fi lm proposals: an amazing 52 projects were submitted from all over the world, with 7 fi nal-